DATE= 10/30/97
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-221930
TITLE=GERMANY / LIBYA (S ONLY)
BYLINE=KYLE KING
DATELINE=BONN
CONTENT=
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INTRO: A GERMAN COURT HAS SENTENCED TWO BUSINESSMEN TO JAIL FOR
PROVIDING LIBYA WITH EQUIPMENT THAT COULD BE USED TO MAKE
CHEMICAL WEAPONS. V-O-A'S KYLE KING REPORTS FROM BONN.
TEXT: THE TWO GERMAN BUSINESSMEN HAD BEEN CHARGED WITH VIOLATING
WEAPONS EXPORT LAWS. BUT PROSECUTORS AGREED TO REDUCE THE
CHARGES AFTER THE TWO CONFESSED THEIR ROLE IN THE ILLEGAL
TRANSACTIONS.
THE MEN -- 55-YEAR-OLD DETLEV CRUSIUS AND 49-YEAR-OLD UDO
BUCZKOWSKI -- WERE CONVICTED OF VIOLATING GERMAN TRADE LAWS.
CRUSIUS WAS SENTENCED TO FOUR-YEARS AND THREE-MONTHS, AND
BUCZKOWSKI WAS SENTENCED TO THREE-AND-ONE-HALF YEARS.
AUTHORITIES SAY THE TWO SUPPLIED ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS TO LIBYA
FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS BETWEEN 1990 AND 1993.
THE EQUIPMENT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN SHIPPED TO LIBYA THROUGH
BELGIAN COMPANIES.
GERMAN AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN TRYING TO PREVENT SUCH TRANSACTIONS
SINCE THE LATE 1980'S, WHEN GERMAN FIRMS WERE ACCUSED OF HELPING
LIBYA EQUIP A CHEMICAL WEAPONS FACTORY. (SIGNED)
NEB/KBK/JWH/RAE
30-Oct-97 9:10 AM EST (1410 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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